Compilation, Electro-House | Dada Life’s Musical Freedom
Posted by Middy on March 25, 2012
Musical Freedom released their WMC compilation mixed by Dada Life a few days ago, providing over an hour of electro house mayhem, new and old. Dada Life does an impeccable job mixing this compilation. As I listened I could barely tell the songs changed with flawless transitions from one song to the next. The 70 minutes fly by. There is only one brand new song on the compilation, the above Cazzette remix of Dada Life – Rolling Stone T-Shirt, which is a monster of a track not only in its content but also because Cazzette rarely releases any tracks. The rest of the compilation contains some massive electro house tunes from the likes of Dada Life, Tiesto, Felguk, Nicky Romero, Tommy Trash and many more. It shows the quality of the releases of Musical Freedom of the last year and includes such underrated tracks such as Nom De Strip, Sue Cho & Tjr – My Life and Tonite Only – Haters (Nicky Romero Out Of Space Remix). Dada Life pulls from other labels as well taking in songs such as Dyro’s “Daftastic”, Marco V’s recent release “Analogital” and more. Overall the compilation is not one you want to miss, if nothing else to get your hands on Cazzette’s remix of “Rolling Stone T-Shirt”.
Dada Life’s Musical Freedom Mini Mix [Full Comp Out Now] by Dada Life
Dada Life’s Musical Freedom – iTunes Link
Compilation, DJ-Set | Michael Brun – The Rise Mixtape “WMC 2012”
Posted by GMONEY on March 21, 2012
This is fire. 58 minutes and 53 seconds of fire. Lots of classics in here along with Michael’s usual bag of killer mashups and edits and even a highly anticipated ID track! From holding a top 20 progressive spot on Beatport for his track “Rise” to playing alongside the likes of Norman Dooray and LA Riots in Miami tonight at Dirty South’s “Phazing Nights” at Wall, the sky is the limit for this sub-20 year old. Peep the mix! Tracklist after the jump
Compilation, DJ-Set, Electro-House | Dada Life – Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker (Extended Vocal Mix)
Posted by Middy on March 14, 2012
It is EDM compilation season with WMC coming up and Musical Freedom is getting ready to release their Miami compilation mixed by Dada Life on March 20th. With tracks from Dada Life, Afrojack, Tiesto, Nicky Romero, Tommy Trash and the exclusive Cazzette remix of Dada Life – Rolling Stone T-shirt (in the video), this will be a must have compilation. Dada Life have released the vocal mix for their massive track “Kick Out The Epic MotherF**ker”. The original track has been played by the best Djs all over the world becoming a massive track for these two Swedish stars. The vocal adds a nice touch in the second build to give the song a little more character and substance, without changing the formula that has made this song so great. After the jump check out the March Mix from Dada Life.
Compilation, House, Interviews, Review, Videos | Jaytech Interview + Anjunadeep Vol 4
Posted by Middy on February 27, 2012
We have a lot for you in this post. We have an exclusive interview with the Australian Dj / producer, James Cayzer, better known as Jaytech, one of the mixers on Anjunedeep Volume 4, which just released today, as well as an exclusive download of one of Jaytech’s more popular songs “Djembe”. As Jaytech explains in the interview, Anjunadeep is the sister label of Anjunabeats, the label run by the trance super group Above & Beyond. Anjuandeep deals with everything melodic house and this can be seen on this mix compilation. The first CD was mixed by James Grant and the second was mixed by Jaytech. The first CD has more of a techy, deep house feel with some great groovy tracks from guys like Tom Middleton (no relation to me), Andrew Bayer, Dusky and more. There are old releases and new including Andrew Bayer & James Grant’s remix of Above & Beyond – Prelude, Two songs from Dusky, Andrew Bayer – You and many more.
The second CD is more of the melodic house signature of Anjunadeep with some heavy trance influences in some of the songs. The second CD is chock full of quality tracks from Solarity, Suspect 44 and their uplifting track “Neon Feel”, Oliver Smith, Andrew Bayer and more. Jaytech premiers some new tracks on here with “Synergy” and “Atlantic”. The entire compilation send us on a journey of sounds and emotions with the music through a variety of tech, deep, and melodic house songs with different sounds and styles from groovy and funky rhythms to songs with more trance influences. This compilation has something for everyone who likes EDM and after the jump check out the interview with Jaytech that has been in the works for a while but just came to fruition. Also below are two mix previews, buy links, social media links, and the exclusive song from Jaytech, “Djembe”.
Buy it via: Anjunadeep Store | iTunes
Jaytech – Facebook | Twitter | Anjunadeep – Facebook | Twitter
Compilation, Hip-Hop | Hip-Hop 2011 [Top 20 Playlist]
Posted by Grubeats on January 10, 2012
Without further adieu, I’d like to present FNT’s top 20 hip-hop tracks of 2011. We tried to keep this as un biased as possible by taking contributions from several of the FNT faithful hip-hop heads, but that still doesn’t mean you’re going to agree with it. Shame on you. Although I’d bump the majority these songs, there are a couple of tracks that fail to arouse my inner ear drum, some of which I’ll probably be ridiculed for not including in this compilation. To quote Game, “Sniff a f-cking unemployment line of cocaine, Tie Lil B up to a full tank of propane, Swag, now watch him cook”, this may be my feeling toward some artists that exploded on the scene in 2011. Am I wrong for hating?
Sound off in the comments section if you believe we missed a song, or if you believe something doesn’t belong.
DOWNLOAD: FreshNewTracks.com Presents: Hip-Hop 2011 [Top 20 Playlist]
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Compilation | W8’s Top 11 of 2011
Posted by W8 on January 9, 2012
Obviously there’s a ton of tracks that should’ve made this list having it not been for just 11 tracks. It’s very unlikely a track would ever reach my collection if it couldn’t find a place on here. The electoral process was decided by the tracks I felt didn’t get the proper recognition, that being said I intentionally left some out because why bother adding tracks I posted a few days ago (like this, that & the third) for that reason they aren’t present on this compilation. Anyways, enjoy!
11. Medina – Addiction (Alexander Adstedt Remix) : A memorable record of the year, didn’t get the recognition it deserved so why not.
10. Spor – Pacifica (Chasing Shadows Remix) : The kind of dubstep you spend an eternity trying to find.
9. Cities Aviv – Float On : My kind of Hip Hop, a solid straight through verse filled with notable poetry.
8. Sander van Doorn & Adrian Lux – Eagles (Omar Andino & Kelvin Beat Remix) : A progressive house gem.
7. Benny Benassi – Come Fly Away (Dash Total’D Remix) : If there was ever a need to define a gem this would be it.
6. EmB – Night Drive : EmB is a firm reminder of Hip Hop’s potential.
5. Christoph Andersson – Tuxedo : From the moment you click play, you know it’s ready to make a dance floor out of anywhere.
4. Ndeluv – The Love Song : I don’t usually hear R&B portrayed with such a cold beat, one of my favorites.
3. Dinka feat. Hadley & Danny Inzerillo – Reach For Me (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman Remix) : I’d say the most overlooked progressive track of ’11 would be this, get ittttt!
2. Altimeter – Astronought : It’s usually the chill records that have the longest lasting effect. There’s an incredible story behind this track and the reason for why Altimeter produced music. Unfortunately he’s calling it a day and retiring from production so consider this special.
1. Lapalux – Time Spike Jamz : First place may come as a surprise to a few, it’s been my favorite record for the better part of the year. Why you may ask – artists like Lapalux grab inspiration from absolutely nowhere and that makes for originality I admire. It’s my favorite track of the year because prior to hearing it, I never heard anything else like it.
Compilation, House | Top 50 Dance Tracks Of 2013: 10-1
Posted by Middy on January 13, 2010
10. Alesso vs OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself (Alesso Remix)
Alesso’s seminal work this year, his remix for OneRepublic has gone global and then some. Ryan Tedder’s vocals are highly sought after, and meshed with Alesso’s ability to create melodies, the result was magical.
9. Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E* – Need U 100%
The Grammy nominated Duke Dumont had an amazing year with the release of this timeless deep house record. Straight from the UK, it doesn’t seem that Mr. Dumont will be stopping anytime soon with his latest release “I Got You.” Also shout out to Dave Edwards who gave “Need U” a second wind with his fun remix of the track.
8. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai – Mammoth
Possibly the most played and popular big room / progressive track of the first 6 months of the year, Moguai’s collab with Dimitri Vegas & LIke Mike showed that complex melodies can be popular when amelodic festival drops were more and more common. It was played by everyone from your standards like Hardwell and Tiësto to guys like Ferry Corsten and Cosmic Gate.
7. Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais)
The original became very popular on its own, but Cedric Gervais’ rendition not only elevated his own career, but took this track to new heights across the dance and general music landscapes. It became a hit across radio stations and landed him a grammy nomination, something that matters this year now that there aren’t any scheming Rothscilds in the mix.
6. Breach – Jack
Iwantyourbodyeverybodywantsyourbodysoletsjack, let’s jack. Those vocals became inescapable this year from a more expected DJ set like Duke Dumont, to someone more surprising in Avicii, this tune was everywhere. Ben Westbreach’s single catapulted his career to the next level and became the marquee signing for Claude von Stroke’s Dirtybird Recordings. Creative genius Riff Raff directed the video. Enough said.
5. Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr ft. Beardyman – Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Incl. Calvin Harris Remix)
It started a movement. “Eat Sleep Rave Repeat” became the Motto of dance music in 2013. Born from a wacked out man in Brooklyn, this has been Fatboy Slim’s return to production prominence. The Calvin Harris remix brought it to festivals everywhere with its powerful acid bassline.
4. Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
Deep house went mainstream in 2013 and the main drivers of this trend were the super young British brothers, Guy & Howard Lawrence. The most blogged about artists of the first half of the year, edging out even the French robots, Disclosure had nearly unrivaled hype of any artist in any genre. “Settle” was one of the triumphs in dance music this year, but “White Noise” stood out as the biggest this year, though really every one of them deserves a spot on here.
3. Martin Garrix – Animals
You could not escape “Animals” this year a festival for better or worse. There are tracks that change the direction of dance music and this was one of them. That “Martin Garrix” sound become copied, imitated and generally abused by producers professional and amateur alike once they saw the popularity of “Animals”.
2. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up
The flagship single from Avicii’s debut album “True”, Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” has become the symbol for his year of breaking boundaries, starting at Ultra and then with his album “True”. It has sold millions of copies around the world and has remained one of the most popular tracks, of any genre, throughout the whole year.
1. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky
“Animals” may have been the ubiquitous festival favorite this year, but dance music has gone far beyond the festival and club stage in the past few years. The hipster backlash against RAM was palpable, but the mastery and creative genius at work not only with Pharrell and Nile Rogers on “Get Lucky”, but throughout the whole album showed the robots were still the most innovative duo in dance. “Get Lucky” immediately found its way to every radio station, wedding, and DJ set, as a favorite of everyone from kids to grandparents. It is arguably not just the dance song of the year, but the song of the year, as denoted by its grammy nomination in the same category.